Inspection and protection of U.S. meat and poultry
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Inspection and protection of U.S. meat and poultry
（Agriculture issues and policies series）
Nova Science Pub., c2010
- : hbk
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) must inspect most meat, poultry, and processed egg products for safety, wholesomeness, and labelling. Federal inspectors or their state counterparts are present at all times in virtually all slaughter plants and for at least part of each day in establishments that further process meat and poultry products. This book addresses the debate that has ensued for decades over whether this system, designed in the early 1900s, has kept pace with changes in the food production and marketing industries. Several significant changes in meat and poultry inspection programs were included in the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246), signed into law in June 2008. These changes are described in this book and include permitting some state-inspected meat and poultry products to enter interstate commerce, bringing catfish under mandatory USDA inspection and requiring establishments to prepare and maintain written recall plans. In recent years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has monitored numerous recalls of meat and poultry products sold in the U.S. The recalls have involved beef products possibly contaminated with E. coli, beef and poultry products possibly contaminated with Salmonella, and canned meat products possibly contaminated by botulism. These recalls raise issues of consumer confidence in the meat industry and questions about the adequacy of the USDA oversight of these products.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- FSIS Manual for State Meat & Poultry Inspection Program Reviews
- Meat & Poultry Inspection: Background & Selected Issues
- State-Inspected Meat & Poultry: Issues for Congress
- The USDA's Authority to Recall Meat & Poultry Products
- U.S.-South Korea Beef Dispute: Agreement & Status
- Nonambulatory Livestock & the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act
- Humane Methods of Handling & Slaughter: Public Reporting on Violations Can Identify Enforcement Challenges & Enhance Transparency
- Statement of Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Domestic Policy Subcommittee, Oversight & Government Reform, Thursday, 17 April 2008
- Testimony by Wayne Pacelle, The Humane Society of the United States, Domestic Policy Subcommittee, Oversight & Government Reform Committee, Thursday 17 April 2008
- Testimony of Stanley Painter, National Joint Council of Food Inspection Local Unions, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO before Domestic Policy Subcommittee, House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, Thursday 17 April 2008
- Testimony of Joel Salatin, Polyface Inc., Swoope, VA, Domestic Policy Subcommittee "After the Beef Recall: Exploring Greater Trans in the Meat Industry"
- Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"
